Cast members Sara Winchell as Beauty, center, Eric Poch as Beast (kneeling), Jeff Reeser as Palace, and Erin Confair as Palace perform a scene in "Beauty and the Beast" during the 45th birthday celebration for Pumpkin Theatre at St. Timothy's School.

Cast members Sara Winchell as Beauty, center, Eric Poch as Beast (kneeling), Jeff Reeser as Palace, and Erin Confair as Palace perform a scene in "Beauty and the Beast" during the 45th birthday celebration for Pumpkin Theatre at St. Timothy's School. (Photo by Karen Jackson)

Pumpkin Theatre, the children's theater in Stevenson founded in 1967 by Sister Kathleen Marie Engers, of the Notre Dame of Maryland University, celebrates its 45th year with a birthday party in Stevenson on Dec. 17, 2012. Read about the theatre here.